A RARE BROWN-GLAZED 'BASKET-WEAVE' JAR AND COVER SONG DYNASTY |

the ovoid body moulded with the 'basket-weave' pattern, set with two small tubular handles at the shoulder, the domed cover similarly decorated, covered overall save for the rims and base in a brown glaze

Collection of Warren E. Cox, New York (label).
Collection of Dr Carl Kempe (1884-1967).
Sotheby’s London, 5th November 2008, lot 490.

Bo Gyllensvard, Chinese Ceramics in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1964, pl. 270.

The jar is in good overall condition, with the shape of the mouth rim slightly irregular. The cover has been restored after it was broken in two pieces, the break lines visible on the underside where there is a tiny associated chip, and is also visible to the eye on the exterior.
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Vessels of this design and glaze are rare. Compare a Jar applied with a light brown glaze and similarly moulded with a basket weave design, in the collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing, illustrated in The Complete Collection of Treasures of the Palace Museum, Porcelain of the Song Dynasty (II), Hong Kong 1996, pl. 259.